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More recently the term "noetics" has been employed by several authors who write about consciousness, spirituality and cosmology.
More recently the term "noetics" has been employed by several authors who write about consciousness, spirituality and cosmology.


==Noetic Field Theory==
Richard L. Amoroso, director of the [[Noetic Advanced Studies Institute]], proposed a '''theory of noetics''' called Noetic Field Theory which centers on the idea that there exists an additional causal principle of purposefulness not found in ordinary matter but in fundamental cosmological principles of consciousness. He has suggested that thought and spirit are not, in fact, intangible, but are "[[Boson|Bose]] or [[photon]]-like" based aspects of the Unified Field,<ref>Amoroso, Richard. [http://www.mindspring.com/~noetic.advanced.studies/Amoroso15.pdf An Introduction to Noetic Field Theory: The Quantization of Mind]. Noetic Journal V.2 No.1, Jan 1999. p 33.</ref><ref>Amoroso, Richard. [http://www.mindspring.com/~r.amoroso/Amoroso16.pdf The Parameters of Temporal Correspondence in a Continuous State Conscious Universe], Reprint: R. Buccheri & M. Saniga (eds.). Studies on the Structure of Time: from Physics to Psycho(patho)logy, 2000, Kluwer Academic: Dordrect. p. 236.</ref> meaning essentially that the mind can be quantified by formulae which describe quantum materials such as light. Amoroso claims that his noetic model is the first theory of any kind to explain [[qualia]] in physical terms.<ref>Amoroso, Richard L. (ed.) [http://books.google.com/books/about/Complementarity_of_Mind_and_Body.html?id=MlLeRgAACAAJ Complementarity of Mind and Body: Realizing the Dream of Descartes, Einstein & Eccles] (2010), New York: Nova Science Publishers.</ref><ref>Amoroso, Richard. [http://www.mindspring.com/~noetic.advanced.studies/Amoroso8.pdf The physical basis of qualia: Overcoming the 1st person–3rd person barrier]. Noetic Journal Vol 4 No 3, July, 2003.</ref> In 2010, NASI partnered with Steriwave Quantum Computers, a limited liability British company, to develop a quantum computer prototype<ref>US Patent No. 12,928/592 filed 15 December 2010</ref> based on "conscious quantum computing."<ref>[http://www.prlog.org/10681559-universal-quantum-computing-design-funded.html Universal Quantum Computing Design Funded]</ref>
A '''theory of noetics''' called Noetic Field Theory: The Quantization of Mind (NFT) which centers on the idea that there exists an additional causal principle of purposefulness not found in ordinary matter but in fundamental cosmological principles of consciousness has been proposed by Richard L. Amoroso, director of the [[Noetic Advanced Studies Institute]]. This is in contrast to the currently dominant [[Cognitive]] approach which considers mind as equal to brain; the so-called Mind-Brain Identity Hypothesis. NFT thus requires a new cosmological paradigm associated with the [[Unified Field]]<ref>Amoroso, Richard L. & Rauscher, E.A.(2009)The Holographic Anthropic Multiverse: Formalizing the Ultimate Geometry of Reality, Singapore: World Scientific.</ref>as the current Big Bang model is Darwinian or naturalistic with no room for an additional life principle. He has suggested that thought [[qualia]] and spirit are not, in fact, intangible, but are physically real "[[Boson|Bose]] or [[photon]]-like" aspects of the Unified Field,<ref>Amoroso, Richard. [http://www.mindspring.com/~noetic.advanced.studies/Amoroso15.pdf An Introduction to Noetic Field Theory: The Quantization of Mind], Noetic Journal V.2 No.1, Jan 1999. p 33.</ref><ref>Amoroso, Richard. [http://www.mindspring.com/~r.amoroso/Amoroso16.pdf The Parameters of Temporal Correspondence in a Continuous State Conscious Universe], Reprint: R. Buccheri & M. Saniga (eds.). Studies on the Structure of Time: from Physics to Psycho(patho)logy, 2000, Kluwer Academic: Dordrect. p. 236.</ref> meaning essentially that the mind can be quantified by formulae which describe quantum materials such as light. Amoroso claims that his noetic model is the first theory of any kind to explain [[qualia]] in physical terms;<ref>Amoroso, Richard L. (ed.) [http://books.google.com/books/about/Complementarity_of_Mind_and_Body.html?id=MlLeRgAACAAJ Complementarity of Mind and Body: Realizing the Dream of Descartes, Einstein & Eccles] (2010), New York: Nova Science Publishers.</ref><ref>Amoroso, Richard. [http://www.mindspring.com/~noetic.advanced.studies/Amoroso8.pdf The physical basis of qualia: Overcoming the 1st person–3rd person barrier]. Noetic Journal Vol 4 No 3, July, 2003.</ref> and is also empirically testable. In 2010, NASI partnered with Steriwave Quantum Computers, a limited liability British company, to develop a quantum computer prototype<ref>US Patent No. 12,928/592 filed 15 December 2010</ref> based on "conscious quantum computing."<ref>[http://www.prlog.org/10681559-universal-quantum-computing-design-funded.html Universal Quantum Computing Design Funded]</ref>


==Noetic Science==
The [[Institute of Noetic Sciences]] proposes '''noetic sciences''' as an alternative theory of "how beliefs, thoughts, and intentions affect the physical world."<ref>Institute of Noetic Sciences. <http://www.noetic.org/></ref>
The [[Institute of Noetic Sciences]] proposes '''noetic sciences''' as an alternative theory of "how beliefs, thoughts, and intentions affect the physical world."<ref>Institute of Noetic Sciences. <http://www.noetic.org/></ref>


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This redirect is about an alternative theory of mind power. For mainstream philosophical discussion of the intellect, see nous. For the Oxford dons of the 19th century, see Oriel Noetics. For other uses, see Noesis (disambiguation).
Further information: Noology

In traditional philosophy, noëtics (from the Greek νοητικός, noētikos, "mental" from noein "to perceive with the mind" and nous "mind, understanding, intellect") is a branch of metaphysical philosophy concerned with the study of mind and intellect. Noetic doctrines include the doctrine of the agent/patient intellect (Aristotle, Averroes)[1] and the doctrine of the Divine Intellect (Plotinus).[2]

More recently the term "noetics" has been employed by several authors who write about consciousness, spirituality and cosmology.

Noetic Field Theory

A theory of noetics called Noetic Field Theory: The Quantization of Mind (NFT) which centers on the idea that there exists an additional causal principle of purposefulness not found in ordinary matter but in fundamental cosmological principles of consciousness has been proposed by Richard L. Amoroso, director of the Noetic Advanced Studies Institute. This is in contrast to the currently dominant Cognitive approach which considers mind as equal to brain; the so-called Mind-Brain Identity Hypothesis. NFT thus requires a new cosmological paradigm associated with the Unified Field[3]as the current Big Bang model is Darwinian or naturalistic with no room for an additional life principle. He has suggested that thought qualia and spirit are not, in fact, intangible, but are physically real "Bose or photon-like" aspects of the Unified Field,[4][5] meaning essentially that the mind can be quantified by formulae which describe quantum materials such as light. Amoroso claims that his noetic model is the first theory of any kind to explain qualia in physical terms;[6][7] and is also empirically testable. In 2010, NASI partnered with Steriwave Quantum Computers, a limited liability British company, to develop a quantum computer prototype[8] based on "conscious quantum computing."[9]

Noetic Science

The Institute of Noetic Sciences proposes noetic sciences as an alternative theory of "how beliefs, thoughts, and intentions affect the physical world."[10]

Noetic science, in the sense of the study of mind power, formed a motif of the bestselling novel The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. According to the fictional Noetic science of the book, thoughts have mass (contrary to the idea that thoughts are weightless). As gravity affects all matter, thoughts do so as well.

See also

Traditional philosophy
Consciousness studies
Alternative philosophy and parapsychology

References

  1. ^ Daniel D. De Haan (2010). Aristotle's De Anima: A Common Point of Departure for Averroistic and Thomistic Noetics?
  2. ^ Richard T. Wallis. Neoplatonism and gnosticism. SUNY Press, 1992.
  3. ^ Amoroso, Richard L. & Rauscher, E.A.(2009)The Holographic Anthropic Multiverse: Formalizing the Ultimate Geometry of Reality, Singapore: World Scientific.
  4. ^ Amoroso, Richard. An Introduction to Noetic Field Theory: The Quantization of Mind, Noetic Journal V.2 No.1, Jan 1999. p 33.
  5. ^ Amoroso, Richard. The Parameters of Temporal Correspondence in a Continuous State Conscious Universe, Reprint: R. Buccheri & M. Saniga (eds.). Studies on the Structure of Time: from Physics to Psycho(patho)logy, 2000, Kluwer Academic: Dordrect. p. 236.
  6. ^ Amoroso, Richard L. (ed.) Complementarity of Mind and Body: Realizing the Dream of Descartes, Einstein & Eccles (2010), New York: Nova Science Publishers.
  7. ^ Amoroso, Richard. The physical basis of qualia: Overcoming the 1st person–3rd person barrier. Noetic Journal Vol 4 No 3, July, 2003.
  8. ^ US Patent No. 12,928/592 filed 15 December 2010
  9. ^ Universal Quantum Computing Design Funded
  10. ^ Institute of Noetic Sciences. <http://www.noetic.org/>
  11. ^ a b "Anti-Gnostic Polemic", Francisco García Bazán, translated from Spanish by Winifred T. Slater: Nous as a "Second God" According to Plotinus In Enneads, p. 55.

Further reading

  • Davidson, H.A., Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, on Intellect. Their Cosmologies, Theories of the Active Intellect, and Theories of Human Intellect, New York-Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1992.
  • Kenny, Anthony, Aquinas on Mind, Routledge, 1994.
  • Brentano, Franz, Sensory and Noetic Consciousness: Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint III, International Library of Philosophy and Scientific Method, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981.
  • de Quincey, C., Radical Knowing: Understanding Consciousness through Relationship, Rochester, VT: Park Street Press, 2005.

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